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Communication Studies
Volume 60(3), 2009

 
CONTENTS
 
Boster, Franklin J., Shaw, Allison S., Hughes, Mikayla, Kotowski, Michael R., Strom, Renee E., and Deatrick, Leslie M. Dump-and-chase: The effectiveness of persistence as a sequential request compliance-gaining strategy. 219-234
 
  Two field experiments were performed assessing the effectiveness of the dump-and-chase, a compliance-gaining technique employing strategic persistence 
 
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persuasion
 
 
Wonneberger, Anke, Schoenbach, Klaus, and van Meurs, Lex Dynamics of individual television viewing behavior: Models, empirical evidence, and a research program. 235-252
 
  Television viewing often is a sequence of a multitude of activities that can vary tremendously from the moment the TV set is turned on until it is turned off again 
 
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television
 
 
Quick, Brian L., and Heiss, Sarah N. An investigation of value-, impression-, and outcome-relevant involvement on attitudes, purchase intentions, and information seeking. 253-267
 
  This investigation explored the relationship between value-relevant (VRI), impression-relevant (IRI), and outcome-relevant involvement (ORI) on information-seeking behaviors, attitudes, and purchase intentions 
 
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cognition
interpersonal
 
 
Wise, Kevin, Eckler, Petya, Kononova, Anastasia, and Littau, Jeremy Exploring the hardwired for news hypothesis: How threat proximity affects the cognitive and emotional processing of health-related print news. 268-287
 
  This study explored how the proximity of threatening health news affects cognition and emotion through a 2 (Proximity: High/Low) 4 (Topic) fractional experiment 
 
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news
biology
personality and psychology
persuasion
nonverbal
health
cognition
 
 
Zhao, Xiaoquan, and Cai, Xiaomei Ambivalence amplifies college smokers' negative emotional responses to antismoking information. 288-304
 
  Many smoking college students hold ambivalent attitudes toward smoking 
 
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drugs
health
cognition
persuasion
 
 
Bevan, Jennifer L., and Tidgewell, Karin D. Relational uncertainty as a consequence of partner jealousy expressions. 305-323
 
  The present study examines how the relational-uncertainty levels of individuals whose partners are jealous (i.e., “jealousy targets”) are predicted by how partners express jealousy 
 
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emotion
interpersonal